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Oculeus Reports Increasing Demand for Origin-Based Pricing SchemesFRANKFURT, Germany, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Oculeus, a leading provider of innovative OSS/BSS solutions for telecommunications companies and mobile operators, today announced that the company is experiencing increasing demand for the functionality in its Captura wholesale voice management system that supports origin-based pricing schemes. Traditionally, voice calls have been priced according to the destination of a call and based on the location where it is terminated. However, in recent years, the concept of origin-based pricing has developed for which the price of a call is determined by considering not only its destination, but also its origin. Origin-based pricing evolved from the need for operators to adjust their pricing and protect their margins in response to European Union regulations that require all intra-EU calls be charged as national calls. As a result, in origin-based pricing schemes, calls to the same destination can have two or more tariffs depending on from where the call originated. Oculeus first introduced origin-based pricing and similar A-number charging metods into its Captura system in late 2013. Since then, Oculeus has continuously enhanced these origin-based pricing capabilities, which have evolved into a straightforward method with full usability with the management of other pricing schemes in the system. Oculeus reports that today a growing number of customers, including mobile operators and retail and wholesale carriers across Europe are successfully using and profiting from the origin-based pricing capabilities in Captura. "Captura's approach to origin-based pricing simplifies what would otherwise be a complex endeavor," said Gustav Koutník, Director of Business Development and Operations at Apelby Communications. "The origin-based pricing capabilities in Captura add an important dimension to our business and contribute to our ongoing profitability." "The demand for origin-based pricing initially started in Europe in response to the EU regulations, although today most telcos want the agility to dynamically adjust prices in order to protect their margins in light of increasing competition," explained Arnd Baranowski, CEO of Oculeus. "For similar reasons, we are experiencing demand for origin-based pricing from telecom carriers and operators in regions in Africa and the Middle East." About Oculeus Oculeus is a leading provider of innovative OSS/BSS solutions for telecommunications companies, mobile operators and other providers of voice-based communications services. Oculeus' systems portfolio includes the company's flagship Captura solution, a wholesale, routing, operations and billing system for managing a service provider's interconnect voice business. Oculeus also offers complete systems for anti-fraud management, network quality monitoring, dispute management, SMS management and roaming business intelligence and agreements management, which can be deployed individually or as bundled solutions. Oculeus has been serving customers since 2004 as a technology partner and strategic vendor. Oculeus is a German GmbH company with offices in Germany and the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.oculeus.com. Press Contact SOURCE Oculeus 
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